Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-24
TOME AND FARM.

Sour Cream Cookies: One cup OF
sour cream. one cup of sugar. small
teaspoonful of soda, little salt. flour
enough to make soft dough, flavor
with lemon. BOSTON Budget.
There is brisk demand and good
prices for feathers. eggs or flesh OF
ducks and geese. and these fowls are
easily raised. Some deem them more
profitable than chickens.
Before using new earthernware
place in boiler with cold water, and
heat gradually till it boils; then let it
remain until the water is cold. 1t will
not be liable to crack if treated in this
manner. -Ind,anapolis Journal.
White Cake: One cup butter,
two cups sugar, three cups flour.
whites of five eggs. one teaspoonful
soda, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar,
one cup milk. -lHother' Magazine.
OF all the callings of earth give US
the life of the sturdy yeoman who tills
the fruitful earth and has an appetite
for three hearty meals 500 days in the
year. and is in measure independent
of all other men.
Boiled sweet potatoes: Choose po-
tatoes of uniform size, wash and boil
twenty minutes; drain and lay in the
oven, turning them several times to
prevent burning, until they yield readi-
" to the touch; serve without pairing.
Boston Budget.
-Buttermilk biscuits: Three cups
of buttermilk. one cup of butter. one
teaspoon of cream of tartar. half a
teaspoon of soda, adesertspoon of salt
and flour enough to make the dough
just stiff enough TO be rolled out. -Er-
change.
Corn Bread: Take as much meal
of soda and salt, stir to thin batter,
using one-half water and one-half but
termilk. Bake in well-greased pans
in a moderately hot oven, with or with
out shortening. -Farmer and Manu.
fdcturer.
-Potatoe salad: One quart of small
potatoes, two teaspoonfuls chopped
onions. two of chopped parsely. four
of beets and enough of any of the salad
dressings or clear vinegar to make it
slightly moist; to the latter, if used,
add little butter. Keep in cool
place until ready to serve.-Ecch ange.
-Taffy: Three pounds of treacle,
two pounds of moist sugar. one half
pound of butter. flavor with few
drops only of essence of lemon or of
peppermint; boil it one and a half
hours. watching all the time, that it
does not boil over Gas it is apt TO do if
not attended to and stirred now and
then. - Boston Budget.
An elastic mucle9e is made as fol-
lows: To twenty parts of alcohol add
one part of salicylic acid, three parts
of soft soap and three parts of glycer-
inc. Shake well. and then add mu-
cilege made of ninety-three parts of
gum arabic and one hundred and
eighty parts of water. This is said to
keep well and to be thoroughly elias
tic.
The keeping of fruit requires a
uniform. low temperature, just above
the freezing point Fruit in ripening.
gives off carbonic acid gas. which is
deleterious. hence fruit should not be
stored in the house cellar, if it can be
avoided Where there is no other
place for the fruit. the ventilation OF
the cellar must be carefully looked to-.
Cream Cake: Three eggs. one and
one-half cups of flour, one cup of
sugar, two teaspoonfuls of cream OF
tartar. one teaspoonful of soda, and
two tablespoonfuls of water; bake in
jelly pans. Cream: One pint of milk
cheat it in a double boiler). one egg.
we'll beaten, one teaspoonful of corn
starch. two tablespoonfuls of sugar;
add the beaten egg. corn starch and
sugar to the boiling milk, cook till
smooth, add teaspoonful of butter
and any favoring desired. and when
cool spread between the cakes. -
Household.